A major BBC presence in the North will attract not just other producers; it will stimulate and attract a huge range of media-related activity from advertising to design, video games to music and new media not yet invented.

Media City:UK has 200 acres of space in and around an established waterfront with space for the BBC and other major broadcasters, space for big media corporations and a myriad of smaller creative businesses.

Affordable space and support will be provided for independents, ICT and creative businesses to interact, expand and flourish. Universities and skills providers across the North of England have been brought together to provide research, training and education to stimulate the competitiveness of creative industries within Media City:UK

Media City:UK would deliver...

£1.5bn to the regional economy.

Employment opportunities for 15,500 people.

700,000 sq m (over 7m sq ft) of new and refurbished floorspace for business, retail and residential property.

1,500 trainee posts per year.

Space for 1,150 creative and related businesses.

The creation of over £225m per annum in additional net value added.